Assume that other countries have similar 'copyright rules' to the UK - but don't assume they'll be exactly the same!

Many other countries have copyright guidance initiatives for their schools.

EU

European Schoolnet and Learning Resource Exchange for Schools

European Schoolnet federates thousands of learning resources from Ministries of Education in Europe (mainly with Creative Commons licences) and includes content from other providers of open educational resources in its Learning Resource Exchange service for schools.

Sweden

‘Check the Source’ gives advice for schools on searching for, evaluating and using resources in learning. Part of the ‘Kolla Källan’ website and The Swedish National Agency for Education. - The link is to the English version of the website: ‘Check the Source’

New Zealand

South Africa

Copyright & Education' is a comprehensive guidance site for education and learning - schools, colleges and universities in South Africa - written and collated by Shihaam Donnelly. All the material is under Creative Commons 2.5 BY licence, so very re-usable, (though mind out for third party resources with their own copyrights that crop up occasionally.) http://education-copyright.org/about/

United Kingdom

Copyrights and Wrongs covers UK IP regulation and provides guidance on copyright and related matters in the digital age for schools in the UK. www.copyrightsandwrongs.nen.gov.uk